Focus on the Family Equipping Parents Podcast

It's frustrating to feel like you're competing with electronic devices for your child's full attention. John and Danny discuss how fathers can take an active role in teaching their children. Receive the book Fathers Say with your gift of any amount!

John and Danny discuss how to have faith-informed conversations with your teenager about suicide. Receive the book Understanding Your Teen with your gift of any amount!

John and Danny discuss how to talk to teens about difficult topics in a positive, value-centered way. Receive the book Understanding Your Teen with your gift of any amount!

The #1 thing your child needs is YOU. Plus, John and Danny discuss the importance of relying on God in parenting. Receive the bundle The 10 Habits of Happy Mothers with your gift of any amount!

Many women feel anxious and overwhelmed as they juggle the demands of motherhood. John and Danny encourage moms who are exhausted from worrying about their children. Receive the bundle The 10 Habits of Happy Mothers with your gift of any amount!

It's not easy to teach young children the difference between happiness and joy. John and Danny discuss how to help your kids embrace biblical virtues, including joy. Receive the book In This House, We Will Giggle with your gift of any amount!

If parenting is not what you expected, you are not alone. John and Danny discuss how parents can overcome the pressure to be perfect. Receive the book In This House, We Will Giggle with your gift of any amount!

If your child recently moved out of the house or got married, you may be trying to navigate this new season of your relationship. John and Danny discuss ways to set healthy boundaries with your adult child. Receive the book Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children with your gift of any amount!

Every second with your child is a gift. Sadly, many parents have felt the sting of those seconds be cut short. But that doesn't have to be the end of your story, as John and Danny will offer hope to parents who've lost a child. Receive the book 936 Pennies with your gift of any amount!

Maintaining healthy communication with your teenager can feel like trying to solve a complicated puzzle. John and Danny will provide some helpful ideas for how you can have good conversations with your teen. Receive the book Understanding Your Teen with your gift of any amount!

Parenting a teenager today brings many challenges. But with God's help, you can raise your teen to be a strong adult. John and Danny describe how to have hope when your teen disappoints you. Receive the book Understanding Your Teen with your gift of any amount!

Parenting is taxing on you as a mom. That's why it's essential to make time for rest. John and Danny give some encouragement to tired mothers. Receive the book The 10 Habits of Happy Mothers with your gift of any amount!

As a Mom, you want your children to do well in life. But what is true success? Danny and John discuss how to push your kids toward success that will last, and Danny quotes from a poem, "Meat Loaf," by Linda Knaus & Kenn Nesbitt. Receive the book The 10 Habits of Happy Mothers with your gift of any amount!

Maintaining healthy communication with your teenager can feel like trying to solve a complicated puzzle. John and Danny will provide some helpful ideas for how you can have good conversations with your teen. Receive the book Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children with your gift of any amount!

Parenting a teenager today brings many challenges. But with God's help, you can raise your teen to be a strong adult. John and Danny describe how to have hope when your teen disappoints you. Receive the book Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children with your gift of any amount!

Parenting is far from perfect, but your mistakes don't have to define you. John and Danny give some tips for how to bring peace to your family. Receive the book 936 Pennies with your gift of any amount!

Enjoying the small moments with your children can create special memories. John and Danny offer hope to exhausted parents struggling to enjoy the simple moments of parenting. Receive the book 936 Pennies with your gift of any amount!

Disciplining your teen can be difficult, but Johnny and Danny emphasize the importance of parents approaching discipline as a united front. Receive the book Understanding Your Teen with your gift of any amount!

People often expect ministry kids to be perfect, but John and Danny discuss the fact that parents can do everything right, and yet sometimes their kids may still go down the wrong path. Receive the book Understanding Your Teen with your gift of any amount!

Competition between women and moms isn’t always a bad thing, but John and Danny discuss the fact that women need each other, so they can't let competition hurt their relationships. Receive the book The 10 Habits of Happy Mothers with your gift of any amount!

Moms don't always say the nicest things to themselves. John and Danny discuss the importance of speaking positively to change the negative thoughts moms sometimes have about themselves. Receive the book The 10 Habits of Happy Mothers with your gift of any amount!

Sometimes when you’re praying for your kids, you might find yourself telling God exactly how He should handle each situation, but John and Danny explain how prayers for your kids should be about God shaping them the way he wants. Receive the book Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children with your gift of any amount!

Parents often play whack-a-mole. They help their teens or adult children through one problem and another pops up. John and Danny provide hope and encouragement for the whack-a-mole parent. Receive the book Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children with your gift of any amount!

Managing stress can be really tough sometimes for parents. John and Danny explain how parents can get a handle on stress, especially when dealing with their kids, by going to the Lord in prayer. Receive 936 Pennies with your gift of any amount!

The 936 weeks between the birth of your child and their 18th birthday passes by very quickly. John and Danny emphasize the importance of cherishing every moment. Receive the book 936 Pennies with your gift of any amount!

John and Danny explain that parents need to put in place lots of good discipline and lots of good grace if parents discover bad Online behavior from their teens. Receive the book Understanding Your Teen with your gift of any amount!

It might not be the most fun part of our jobs as parents, but John and Danny explain that like it or not, we should stay current on what our kids are looking at and listening to especially during their teenage years. Receive the book Understanding Your Teen with your gift of any amount!

If you're not the superwoman who can hold a 9-5 job, cook, clean and get the kids to bed on time every single day, don't worry, you're not alone. John and Danny provide encouragement for the mom who wants to do it all, but finds that's not always possible. Receive the book The 10 Habits of Happy Mothers with your gift of any amount!

If mom’s upset, chances are others in the house will be upset as well. John and Danny discuss ways for moms to stay happy and enjoy themselves at home, which will help keep the kids happy. Receive the book The 10 Habits of Happy Mothers with your gift of any amount!

Rebellious kids can keep parents in an on-going cycle of conflict. John and Danny discuss ways to break that cycle when a pre-teen or teenager is acting out. Receive the book Boundaries With Kids with your gift of any amount!

Often, the problem is not what your child says, it's his or her tone. John and Danny discuss ways to nip that creeping disrespect from your child in the bud. Receive the book Boundaries With Kids with your gift of any amount!

If you ever daydream as a mom about what your son will be like at 25 years old, it might be time to start letting go of him starting in his teens. John and Danny discuss how overmothering him now, might make you resent your son when he's still sticking around at 25. Receive the Strong Mothers, Strong Sons Bundle with your gift of any amount!

If you ever daydream as a mom about what your son will be like at 25 years old, it might be time to start letting go of him starting in his teens. John and Danny discuss how overmothering him now, might make you resent your son when he's still sticking around at 25.

When there's no dad in the picture, boys start to become acutely aware of that absence at a certain age. John and Danny explain that dad's absence can cause problems for both moms and their sons, and warn moms against trying to fill dad's role. Receive the Strong Mothers, Strong Sons Bundle with your gift of any amount!

While there are things in the Bible that we won't be able to understand until we get to heaven, we don't have to make the things of God too horribly complicated for our kids. Receive the book 10 Commitments for Dads with your gift of any amount!

Working parents often struggle with whether they're spending enough time with the kids, but at the end of the day, time is really what kids want most from their parents, even if they don't know it. Receive the book 10 Commitments for Dads with your gift of any amount!

John and Danny challenge parents to keep from comparing their kids to their siblings or other kids and just allow children to be themselves. Receive Kathy Koch's book Start With the Heart with your gift of any amount!

If we take the time to really listen to what our kids want to do, be, have or how they want to help, we might be surprised. John and Danny explain why We have to be careful as parents not to put down our kids, but to generally encourage their dreams. Receive Kathy Koch's book Start With the Heart with your gift of any amount!

Little kids learn early on what it takes to get Mom and Dad to jump on command. John and Danny discuss ways to calm a toddler who just won't stop screaming. Receive the book Boundaries With Kids with your gift of any amount!

John and Danny discuss how to stay in control as parents when a child is disobedient despite constant repetition, and it gets tempting to let anger boil over. Receive the book Boundaries With Kids with your gift of any amount!

Dads have a tendency to back off when a mom is super strong, especially when dealing with their sons. John and Danny discuss why Dad sometimes gets jealous of mom and son’s relationship and warn against retreating because of it. Receive the Strong Mothers, Strong Sons bundle with your gift of any amount!

Mom trains her little boy to say please and thank you but John and Danny explore why it's important to let the son speak for himself as he gets older. Receive the Strong Mothers, Strong Sons bundle with your gift of any amount!

Many parents think they need to do a lot of things for their kids, but that can hurt, not help them. John and Danny explain why it's important to remember that parents should be responsible to their kids, and not for them. Receive Josh McDowell's book 10 Commitments for Dads with your gift of any amount!

John and Danny explain how to teach our kids about sexuality properly to help keep them from terrible repercussions like getting hooked on pornography later on. Receive Josh McDowell's book 10 Commitments for Dads with your gift of any amount!

John and Danny explain how thinking about and implementing consequences may sometimes be more effective in parenting than just handing out rewards and punishments.

Parents who listen to Focus on the Family and the Parenting Podcast may try to implement some of the advice they hear and that's great! But John and Danny explain that because kids are always watching our actions, these parents should be consistent with the new parenting tools they pick up.

There’s helicopter parenting, free range parenting, tiger parenting, and even lawnmower parenting. John and Danny discuss how "mowing down" roadblocks for our kids as lawnmower parents can cause serious damage later on. Receive the book Boundaries With Kids with your gift of any amount!

Strong-willed children must face the consequences of their actions, but John and Danny warn against breaking the will of the strong-willed child. Receive the book Boundaries With Kids with your gift of any amount!

Doting moms may have good intentions, but John and Danny discuss how prioritizing the kids too much can end up turning them into idols and hurting the family. Receive the Strong Mothers, Strong Sons bundle with your gift of any amount!

Moms and sons have a special relationship. But there comes a time in every boy’s life that he wages a war on his mom. John and Danny discuss when a boy starts looking at his mom as a potential enemy and what a mom can do about it. Receive the Strong Mothers, Strong Sons bundle with your gift of any amount!